CultureChavín
Titles
- Pair of Ear Ornaments with Deity Effigies
Date900–200 BC
PlacePeru
MediumBone and turquoise
DimensionsEach: 3/8 × 1 3/4 in. (0.9 × 4.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.312.1,.2
Not on view
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Object Type
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2010, 2010.312.1
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900–200 BC
Bone inlaid with mother of pearl and turquoise
2010.897.1,.2
1100–1450 AD
Wood inlaid with shell, mother of pearl, spondylus shell, and turquoise
2010.323.1,.2
100–800 AD
Gold, turquoise, and chrysocolla
2001.955.1,.2
